Airspace
Aeronautical data is complex, and can vary depending on the provider. We have standardised all aeronautical data into a common type structure to make it easier to work with. This structure is defined below.
Note that not all of these will be valid for every country or territory.
Value | Description |
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aa:unmanned_airspace:protected | Protected Unmanned Airspace Area due to natural beauty, scientific or conservational interest |
aa:unmanned_airspace:prohibited | An area where the regulatory authority has declared that drone flights are not permitted. Authorisation from the authority responsible for this airspace is mandatory to operate here. |
aa:unmanned_airspace:limitedAllowed | An area where the regulatory authority has declared that drone flights may be permitted but only under specific conditions. An exemption to fly here is required and/or be subject to operational limitations. |
airport:aerodrome | The region around an aerodrome that local regulations control flying a drone |
airport:gliderport | The region around a glider port that local regulations control flying a drone |
airport:heliport | The region around a heliport that local regulations control flying a drone |
airport:seaplane | The region around a seaplane port that local regulations control flying a drone |
class:a | An area of airspace designated as Class A airspace |
class:b | An area of airspace designated as Class B airspace |
class:c | An area of airspace designated as Class C airspace |
class:d | An area of airspace designated as Class D airspace |
class:e | An area of airspace designated as Class E airspace |
class:f | An area of airspace designated as Class F airspace |
class:nav_warning | Navigation Warning. Typically enforced by NOTAM |
class:tfr | Temporary Flight Restriction. Typically enforced by NOTAM |
class:type:class | Airspace having a specified class |
class:type:faa:sua:ada | An Air Defense Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories |
class:type:faa:sua:d | A Danger Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories |
lvnl:forbidden | No Drone Zone Prohibited Area. Only used in The Netherlands. |
lvnl:natura2000 | No Drone Zone Natura2000 Area. Only used in The Netherlands. |
lvnl:restricted | No Drone Zone Restricted Area. Only used in The Netherlands. |
other:altitude_restriction:faa:facility | Permissible altitudes (above ground level) at which UAS, operating under the Small UAS Rule (14 CFR 107), can be authorized to fly within the surface areas of controlled airspace |
other:ca_national_park | A Canada National Park. Only used in Canada and its territories. |
other:us_national_park | A US National Park. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:a | Alert area. Airspace which may contain a high volume of pilot training activities or unusual type of aerial activity, neither of which is hazardous to aircraft. Mainly used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:adiz | Air Defence Identification Zone. Special designated airspace of defined dimensions within which aircraft are required to comply with special identification and/or reporting procedures additional to those related to the provision of air traffic services (ATS). |
type:adv | Advisory Area. An area of defined dimensions within which air traffic advisory service is available. |
type:ama | Minimum altitude area. The lowest altitude to be used under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) which will provide a minimum vertical clearance of 300 m (1 000 ft) or in designated mountainous terrain 600 m (2 000 ft) above all obstacles located in the area specified. Not currently returned |
type:asr | Altimeter setting region. Airspace of defined dimensions within which standardized altimeter setting procedures apply. Not currently returned |
type:atz | Airport Traffic Zone. Airspace of defined dimensions established around an airport for the protection of airport traffic. |
type:atz_p | Part of an airport traffic zone |
type:awy | Airway (corridor). A control area or portion thereof established in the form of a corridor. Not currently returned |
type:cba | Cross border area (FUA). Airspace of defined dimensions, above the land areas or territorial waters of more than one state. Not currently returned |
type:cta | Control area. A controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified limit above the earth. |
type:cta_p | Part of a CTA. |
type:ctr | Control zone. A controlled airspace extending upwards from the surface of the earth to a specified upper limit. |
type:ctr_p | Part of a CTR. |
type:d | Danger area. Airspace of defined dimensions within which activities dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specified times. |
type:d_other | Activities of dangerous nature (other than a danger area). |
type:faa:sua:aa | An Alert Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:faa:sua:moa | A Military Operations Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:faa:sua:nsa | A National Security Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:faa:sua:pa | A Prohibited Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:faa:sua:ra | A Restricted Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:faa:sua:wa | A Warning Area defined under the FAA's Special Use Airspace. Only used in contiguous United States and its territories. |
type:fir | Flight information region. Airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service are provided. Not currently returned |
type:fir_p | Part of an FIR. Not currently returned |
type:htz | Helicopter traffic zone |
type:mtr | Military Training Route buffer. A control area or portion thereof, established in the form of a corridor around a military training route in order to protect it from other traffic. |
type:nas | National Airspace System. [note: The airspace within which a State provides Air Traffic Services is usually composed of:1) the territories over which the State has jurisdiction;2) those portions of the airspace over the high seas or in airspace of undetermined sovereignty where the provision of ATS are provided as determined by regional agreements. It can usually be determined by the UNION of FIRs (including, where appropriate, NO-FIRs) of the UNION of NAS-P. .] |
type:nas_p | A part of a national airspace system |
type:nav_warning | A NOTAM issued Naviation Warning |
type:no_drone | An area that the regulatory authority has declared to be a no fly zone for drones |
type:no_fir | Airspace for which not even an FIR is defined. |
type:oca | Oceanic control area. A Control Area extending upwards in the upper airspace. |
type:oca_p | Part of an OCA. |
type:ota | Oceanic transition area. |
type:other | Other |
type:p | Prohibited area. Airspace of defined dimensions, above the land areas or territorial waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft is prohibited. |
type:part | Part of an airspace (used in airspace aggregation). Not currently returned |
type:political | Political/administrative area. |
type:protect | Airspace protected from specific air traffic. |
type:r | Restricted area. Airspace of defined dimensions, above the land areas or territorial waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft is restricted in accordance with certain specified conditions. |
type:ras | Regulated airspace (not otherwise covered). |
type:rca | Reduced co-ordination area (FUA). Portion of airspace of defined dimensions within which general aviation traffic is permitted "off-route" without requiring general aviation traffic controllers to initiate co-ordination with OAT controllers. Mainly used in Europe under the Flexible Use of Airspace concept. |
type:sector | Control sector. A subdivision of a designated control area within which responsibility is assigned to one controller or to a small group of controllers. Not currently returned |
type:sector_c | Temporary consolidated (collapsed) sector. Not currently returned |
type:tfr | Temporary Flight Restriction. Typically enforced by NOTAM |
type:tma | Terminal control area. Control area normally established at the confluence of ATS routes in the vicinity of one or more major aerodromes. |
type:tma_p | Part of a TMA. |
type:tra | Temporary reserved area (FUA). Airspace of pre-defined dimensions within which activities require the reservation of airspace during a predetermined period of time. Mainly used in Europe under the Flexible Use of Airspace concept. |
type:tsa | Temporary segregated area (FUA). Airspace of pre-defined dimensions within which activities require the reservation of airspace for the exclusive use of specific users during a predetermined period of time. |
type:uadv | Upper Advisory Area. An area of defined dimensions in upper airspace within which air traffic advisory service is available. |
type:uir | Upper flight information region. An upper airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service are provided. Not currently returned |
type:uir_p | Part of a UIR. Not currently returned |
type:uta | Upper control area. A Control Area extending upwards in the upper airspace. |
type:uta_p | Part of a UTA. |
type:w | Warning area. A non-regulatory airspace of defined dimensions designated over international waters that contains activity which may be hazardous to aircraft not participating in the activity. The purpose of such warning areas is to warn non participating pilots of the potential danger. |
risk:GasVentingStation | A Gas venting station |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:airport | An airport |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:balloonSite | A ballooning site |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:gliderSite | A Glider site |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:hanggliderSite | Hanggliding site |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:kiteFlyingSite | Kite flying site |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:parachute | Parachute jumping |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:ultraLights | a site with increase aerial activity from ultra lights |
risk:increasedAerialActivity:unusualActivity | A site of unusual aerial activity |
risk:radioInterference:hirta | A site of high intensity radio transmissions |
risk:SmallArmsRange | A Small Arms Range site |
uk:frz | UAS Flight Restriction Zones (FRZ) around Protected Aerodromes for Unmanned Aircraft operating in the Open and Specific categories |
Updated almost 3 years ago